arshad5
September 26, 2012, 11:17am
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Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.
Brother. If you think they are going to change anything, or if you think they can even if they wanted too, then you really are naive.
I dont think there is any law banning any sort of protest. Holocaust denial is not against the law in the US, and we arent talking about Europe.
Banning offensive speech is a slippery slope. If you ban this, then whats next? Who decides what is or isnt offensive? What if tomorrow, Muslims are deemed offensive by Chiristians in America because the deny the divinity of Christ? What of those people in France who are offended by the burqa? Are they in the wrong? But shouldnt we protect their sentiments as well? You would say that the urqa ban is offensive to you, the French would say that the Burqa itself is offensive. Pakistanis should understand this point better then anyone. The absurdity with the way in which the so called blasphemy law is applied is amazing! Who is a blasphemer? Is a person who doesnt take part in a protest against blasphemy also a blasphemer? I mean where does it end? You dont understand that in complex societies, there is really no way to protect everyone from being offended or stop people from being offensive. Hell, there are offensive people in this very forum, and im sure you are offended often yourself, as im sure i have offended others as well. But if we were all obsessed with not offending no one would be able to express themselves.
Banning offensive speech is a slippery slope? Not banning offensive speech is a slippery slope. Are you telling me when they can invent all the laws under the sun…that they cannot make a law to ban offensive speech that targets just one particular group? Are the members of that group any lesser citizens of the U.S? Should the U.S not afford them protect from prejudice, and insults?
If women can lay down naked on a beech, or colour hair her pink but she cannot wear a headscarf? get real!